as in translating
an instance of expressing something in different words
had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian
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Recent Examples of translation
All seats have their own electronic libretto screens, which provide translations of the lyrics and dialogue in English or Spanish, depending on what the audience member selects.
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Live Translation comes to Messages, FaceTime, and the Phone app, for text and audio translation, and shortcuts can now include intelligent actions that automate specific processes with Apple Intelligence capabilities, like parsing information from a file whenever it's dropped in a certain folder.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Turning to the future, Ryst addressed the growing role of artificial intelligence in YouTube’s ecosystem, especially in areas like dubbing and translation.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Lacking reliable translation—bureaucratic, political, and cultural—each side keeps confirming its worst assumptions about the other.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Live Translation comes to Messages, FaceTime, and the Phone app, for text and audio translation, and shortcuts can now include intelligent actions that automate specific processes with Apple Intelligence capabilities, like parsing information from a file whenever it's dropped in a certain folder.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Turning to the future, Ryst addressed the growing role of artificial intelligence in YouTube’s ecosystem, especially in areas like dubbing and translation.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Lacking reliable translation—bureaucratic, political, and cultural—each side keeps confirming its worst assumptions about the other.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for translation
translating
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Drafting in English and translating often produces stilted, unnatural messages.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Valeria was able to do any translating, and with help from furniture donated by neighbors the Haskells converted their three-bedroom house into a five-bedroom house to accommodate the Zarutskas along with themselves, Valeria’s adult daughter, and three dogs.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Translation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/translation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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